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But if Battler wins, everybody comes back to life from what I understand. They're going to ger murdered over and over again until someone wins. If that message in the bottle and that other comment in one of the episodes were correct, this goes on for at least 9-10 years IIRC. (It was the comment about finding bits and pieces of the bodies when the search party went to the island. Can't remember where it was at though.)

Isn't it rather ridiclous to think that if Battler proves it wasn't magic everyone is revived? I mean how does it happen.. magic doesn't exist.. and if magic didn't kill them.. than they were killed by human means. Such a hollow victory it would be... I think a lot of game players still don't get this... if he wins he loses since he's dead.. this situation reminds me of what happens in VN 4 too someone...

Every time the grotesque scene is censored with pixel boxes, I laughed. Granted, it's not like I want to see what is actually there, but those pixels are really mood killers. Not to mention those beam katars.

Rewatching the episode I realized something - besides the Kanon scene this episode overall bored me to tears. I felt that there was a huge lack of emotion in general and the first half with talking about Jessica's room I just kept looking at the bar that tells me how much time there is left in the episode. I'm glad they kept things such as the Wolf and Sheep analogy, but overall I just didn't get any type of feeling. It didn't even look like anyone was sad about Jessica's death, besides Battler. I like how they had George standing up to Rosa and defending Shannon, but that just didn't help.

I'm glad how the evil!Kanon scene was directed, despite the censorship. Say what you want about Chikai Kon - when it comes to fight scenes, she can do them. Now if she can just direct character emotions she'll be set. I suggest we combine Higurashi Rei's director Kawase, who did a very true adaption of the OVA (besides some jumping near the middle of Saikoroshi-hen), and Chikai. Both balance each other out - Kawase knows how to direct emotion and Chikai can direct fight scenes. Perfect match~

But overall, it's just average. The Kanon scene was great, but I can't base my entire score just off that, otherwise it be a 9 or 8. The preview for the next episode looks very promising though.

Finished watching the raw. Except for the annoying censorship, I found this ep pretty interesting . I'll wait for the sub.

Spoiler for ep 9:

Well the Kanon here is a fake, then where is his body now? This question has been in my head since ep 8.

Spoiler for Speculation regarding Dark!Kanon:

Who says that wasn't the real Kanon? The Red Truth just said that Kanon was killed in Jessica's room; it didn't say he died there. Unless the original Japanese rules it out, "killed" could be interpreted as "suffered fatal injury" rather than "passed away from fatal injury." The Kanon who appeared in the kitchen may have been the real one, who just hadn't quite died from the wound that killed him.

The Kanon who appeared in the kitchen may have been the real one, who just hadn't quite died from the wound that killed him.

Then again, there's the magic-looking stuff. Oh well.

The fact that "his" body evaporated would seem to work against that theory.

Which then raises the question, who killed Nanjo and Kumasawa in "reality"?

EDIT: Also, Evil!Kanon just threw off the Epitaph--the next two deaths should have been "Gouge the head and kill" and "Gouge the chest and kill". Instead, they both died of cuts to the neck. I wonder if they'll count, and that will be important?

Isn't it rather ridiclous to think that if Battler proves it wasn't magic everyone is revived? I mean how does it happen.. magic doesn't exist.. and if magic didn't kill them.. than they were killed by human means. Such a hollow victory it would be... I think a lot of game players still don't get this... if he wins he loses since he's dead.. this situation reminds me of what happens in VN 4 too someone...

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Say Battler proves magic didn't kill his family. That doesn't mean that magic doesn't exist. How else are you supposed to explain the Meta-World?

No, I don't think it will end like that. That'd be a slap in the face for the fans, to start with.

Well, Battler doesn't need to prove that magic itself exists. While he doesn't believe in it, it's clearly in front of him. What he just needs to prove is that the murders on October 4-5 are all done by human tricks.

Well, Battler doesn't need to prove that magic itself exists. While he doesn't believe in it, it's clearly in front of him. What he just needs to prove is that the murders on October 4-5 are all done by human tricks.

Or another way to say it, he has to try and show that magic doesn't have to exist on the game board. The Meta World is clearly another story, and Battler hasn't claimed that magic doesn't exist in the Meta World.

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I record what i think are MUST SEE scenes fromt the last 2 episodes but in the sound novel, if anyone who is only watching the anime wants to see them you will notice how epic those scenes were in the sound and also you will heard dread of the grave

i agree... I don't think people watching the anime should look at things from the VN before the end of the serie because it could be like Maria's description of the circle: It was no explained a the same time than in the VN, but was explained in the end...

i already see those videos and he only capture three scenes when battler is discussing with Beatrice, all scenes that already happened in the anime, an amazing job i really like them thanks bigemperor the sound novel seems to be amazing but i don't have time to play it so i will just continue to see the anime, but if you upload any other video i will see it, is very nice to see some highlights parts from the sound =)

The fact that "his" body evaporated would seem to work against that theory.

Which then raises the question, who killed Nanjo and Kumasawa in "reality"?

EDIT: Also, Evil!Kanon just threw off the Epitaph--the next two deaths should have been "Gouge the head and kill" and "Gouge the chest and kill". Instead, they both died of cuts to the neck. I wonder if they'll count, and that will be important?

He did indeed!
But remember Beato is the Endless Witch,So she could always bring them back to life and do it properly if you're leaning towards the "Magic" side.
I can't think of an anti-magic argument for it because I <3 Witches.

SHORT REVIEW:
I found the pacing kind of poor in this episode actually,as well as some of the animation just terrible (When Rosa is talking to the children after the Servants have left look at George's face,and at one point during the meta-world Beato's face looks all askew!)

When DARK!Kannon falls on the kitchen floor I felt that even thought the hole was in his chest, that the puddle of blood was so unnessesary and large. Also, wouldn't human blood from a hole in that area squirt like a geyser and not just..pour out like that?
Lame Censorship remains lame, but I felt that the Epic Throat slit by DARK!Kannon made up for that tenfold.
Over all I give it a 7,because they kept most of the important things in tact.